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Cinco de Mayo isn't just the 5th of May

margarita for cinco de mayo

Like Valentine's Day, like St. Patrick's Day, like many other "holidays" in the United States, we take the word "holiday" literally and use Cinco de Mayo as a reason to celebrate. We call it a day early, head out to the closest Mexican restaurant or bar to indulge in way too many chips, salsa and guacamole, and celebrate with gleeful, drunken shouts of “Happy Cinco de Mayo!”

But as we clink lime-seasoned long-neck Coronas against our friend's salt-rimmed margarita glass, do we even know what we're celebrating? In fact, is Cinco de Mayo even a reason to celebrate at all, or should we just be respectfully observing the day? Do we all know why we do rows upon rows of tequila shots as if the 5th of May were the first day of Spring Break in Cancun?!

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